{"id":4079,"date":"2009-07-23T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=4079"},"modified":"2009-07-23T08:02:02","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:02:02","slug":"the-escapist-show-crytek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=4079","title":{"rendered":"The Escapist Show: Crytek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/videos\/embed\/825\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/videos\/view\/the-escapist-show\/825-Episode-38-Crytek\">The Escapist Show: Episode 38: Crytek<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>You know, seeing this guy talk about his work really changed my perception of Crytek and, by extension, Crysis.  I still think their pursuit of graphics spectacle is self-defeating, but I was glad to see it was because the guy has a genuine passion for graphics, and not because they thought it was the key to great sales.  I thought it was hilarious that he began by talking about the fact that his favorite games were always the ones that didn&#8217;t run on his computer, since Crysis has now become the poster child for that very problem.  <\/p>\n<p>I do take issue with his praise of the AI they have.  I think it is and was the weakest aspect of their games.  (Aside from the difficulties in running them.)  The fact that sticking your elbow out from behind a fern at 100 meters will result in every single foe in the area zeroing in on you and then flawlessly tracking you through the foliage is a major frustration.  The fact that they can hear your footsteps three rooms away and then <em>know<\/em> that they are the footsteps of an armed foe (and not one of their own guys) is another glaring shortcoming. They&#8217;re not particularly good at flanking you or working together to flush you out.  They&#8217;re drooling morons with superhuman eyes and ears.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also interesting to see how deliberate the play of Far Cry was.  They made it big, bright, open, and unscripted because other games (I&#8217;m sure they were thinking of iD Software) made games about fighting in dark tunnels. Looking at Far Cry, you can see what parts of the game they cared about and had a passion for (lush outdoor visuals, action set pieces, dynamic encounters) and which ones they thought were unimportant.  (Story, dialog, acting.) <\/p>\n<p>And yes, the graphics are pretty amazing.  It&#8217;s five years old and Far Cry still looks great. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Escapist Show: Episode 38: Crytek You know, seeing this guy talk about his work really changed my perception of Crytek and, by extension, Crysis. I still think their pursuit of graphics spectacle is self-defeating, but I was glad to see it was because the guy has a genuine passion for graphics, and not because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dream-cast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}